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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: International Agreements (7 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 592. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedures in place to ensure Ireland’s obligations under the TFEU, the ECHR and other applicable international laws are fully complied with in preclearance areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5377/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: International Agreements (7 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 593. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedures in place for withdrawal from the preclearance agreement with the United States of America; the basis upon which withdrawal would be contemplated by the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5378/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coras Iompair Éireann (7 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 655. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason CIÉ agreed in 2013 to extend the term of the 1998 MDA agreement with the NAMA appointed receiver in view of the fact that the term was about to expire and the land reverted back to CIÉ unencumbered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5905/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coras Iompair Éireann (7 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 656. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason CIÉ did not take back a site (details supplied) at Spencer Dock, Dublin and sell it on the open market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5919/17]

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I note that the witnesses did not anticipate efficiencies following capital projects and that was considered afterwards. The prison population will change now that people will not be imprisoned for non-payment of fines. Have the witnesses considered how that will change the dynamic or the staff-prisoner ratio?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: How does that impact or has the Department anticipated how it will impact? Given the range of options that the courts have, such as payment by instalment and attachment orders from salary, ultimately it will mean that save in the most exceptional circumstances and persistent offenders, courts will not be in a position to send people to prison for non-payment of fines. That figure of 8,000 to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I was trying to anticipate the nature of the prison population but most people would only spend a short period of time in it for the non-payment of fines. Does the Prison Service count those figures and include them in the recidivism figures?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: America has 25% of the world's prison population and 5% of the world's population.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Not a good comparator.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Is there an isolated cost associated with that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I tabled some parliamentary questions on prison statics, the average number in daily custody; the number of staff; the number on maternity leave; the number on sick leave. I was provided with the figures and it separated out the number on maternity leave, which obviously has to be factored in if one is going to change the gender balance in any workplace. One can factor in a ratio for...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I fully accept that it can happen and one would expect it in any large workforce, but it is the constant figure that jumps out. Are there initiatives that one would like to implement? Reducing the level of recidivism will save not only money but reduce the crime rates and related behaviours. Are there any particular initiatives on the wish list that could achieve significant reductions...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Are there examples in other European countries that tie into what Mr. Waters has proposed?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: On the regionalisation of prisons, did that change as a consequence of the economic crash? There was a proposal to put a very large prison out on the fringes of Dublin in Thornton Hall. What prompted that?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce measures to address the issue of landlords seeking bids on advertised rents from prospective tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5081/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rent Controls (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to publish all reports and related documentation received by him from the Residential Tenancies Board and the Housing Agency relating to the extension of rent pressure zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5082/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rent Controls (2 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the cost of all contracted work in the analysis of data or any other work associated with the designation of rent pressure zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5110/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (1 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Is the 15 minutes for questions and answers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (1 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: The Minister appeared on "The Late Late Show" last September and said that he would have to be worried about any organisation where one person was in charge for a long time and that any scenario where a little kingdom existed that was being run by one person with too much power was concerning. Could I get a very succinct reply from the Minister in respect of the actions he has taken since...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (1 Feb 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Does it worry the Minister that an organisation like the FAI, which governs the largest participative sport in the country, still blatantly ignores the recommendation from the independent Genesis report from about 13 years ago that it have independent directors on its board. What the FAI did was extend the age at which somebody could be on the board to facilitate a person on the board....